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“American Beauty” Celebrates

When ``American Beauty'' hit theaters last fall, many were surprised when it became a box-office hit and an Oscar front-runner. more »

Novell builds new foundation on Net services

Network software maker Novell_s ongoing struggle in the market proves old battles can leave lasting scars. more »

Most Poles Don_t Support Anti-Porn Law

Only 42 percent of Poland_s largely Catholic population supports a planned law to ban all forms of pornography in the country, according to an opinion poll published Wednesday. more »

UPC To Offer Internet Access In Poland By Year-End

Europe_s second-largest cable operator UPC plans to roll out high-speed broadband Internet services in the Polish cities of Warsaw and Krakow by the end of the year, the company said on Wednesday. more »

A parliamentary commission

SOLIDARITY DEPUTIES WANT PROBE INTO PRESIDENT_S PAST. more »

The Russian presidential elections are already in the past

The official winner has not yet been announced, but when he is, there will hardly be any surprises. more »

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Hope for Improved Relations on Russia Vote

Strained relations between the Baltic states and Russia are set to improve if Vladimir Putin is elected president this Sunday, even if his long-term policies remain unclear. more »

EU Leaders Urge Russia to Tackle Chechnya Concerns

European Union leaders voiced hope on Friday that Russia would address international concerns about human rights violations in Chechnya and offer a political solution to the conflict once elections were over. more »

Bankers Accused of Financing Chechens May Be Arrested

Members of the investigating committee of the Russian Interior Ministry to receive an arrest warrant from the General Prosecutor_s Office for all of the detained staff of the Trustkreditbank. more »

Drafted resolution

State Duma Members To Recommend That Putin Should Declare State Of Emergency In Chechnya. more »

Czech Telecom Enters Internet Call Market

Fixed-line monopoly Czech Telecom began offering long-distance calls over the Internet on Wednesday below rates offered by local mobile phone operators in similar programs. more »

The new legislation

Estonian Parliament passed on March 14 amendments to the Anti-Corruption Law that expand the circle of public service officials obliged to declare to the state their economic interests. more »

23.9M Tons Of Oil Produced In Russia In February

Russian companies produced 23.9 million tons of oil in February (6.8% more than in the same period of last year) and 2.3 billion cubic meters of associated gas (4.2% more than in the same period of last year). more »

Russian Blue Chips Rose 4-6%

Share prices were going up all day long and the majority of them surpassed yesterday_s closing level by 4-6 per cent reaching this year_s high by 16:30 today. more »

Israel Begins West Bank Withdrawal

Israel withdrew from 6.1 percent of the West Bank on Tuesday, giving Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat a stronger hold over about 40 percent of the disputed territories as the two sides headed into talks on a final peace treaty. more »

IBM to join in Linux supercomputing effort

Hoping to transform a do-it-yourself Linux supercomputer technique into a useful business product, IBM is participating in an effort with the University of New Mexico to build a new 512-processor machine to be announced tomorrow. more »

The security of the Baltic states

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott reassured the Baltic states on January 24 that the door to NATO remained open to them—despite strong Russian opposition. more »

Municipal elections

Lithuania_s ruling Conservatives were roundly thrashed in countrywide municipal elections on March 19. more »

Russia Wants UN Security Council Mission in Kosovo

Russia wants a special U.N. Security Council mission to be sent to Kosovo because the situation there is worsening rapidly, Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov was quoted as saying on Tuesday. more »